Performer: Alexander Lonquich

Nicolas Altstaedt and Alexander Lonquich give Beethoven’s cello sonatas a chance to breathe in a thoughtful and accomplished performance of all five at Wigmore Hall.

Discovering Enescu through the lens of his folkloric genes was the beginning of the musical adventure that awaits listeners in the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival in Austria.

It’s easiest to describe Christian Tetzlaff’s approach to playing the violin by what he isn’t trying to do. He is not trying to play as beautifully as possible, in the conventional sense. He is not trying to sound like a nightingale, soaring long, honeyed lines above an accompaniment.

Oboist. Composer. Conductor. Heinz Holliger is all of these things and more, and this week Britain has a chance to find out what makes this man such an enormous figure in contemporary music. Holliger and friends are at King’s Place all week, with Holliger featuring in all of his many roles.

Das Konzert im Pierre Boulez Saal entwickelte sich zu einem Dialog wie ein Gespräch unter Freunden.

Nicolas Altstaedt begeisterte mit subtilem Spiel und leichter Artikulation. So richtig wollte dieses jedoch nicht zum modernen Konzertflügel passen, selbst bei Alexander Lonquichs umsichtiger Begleitung.